PAST CONCERTS AND MUSICAL DIRECTORS

 

MUSICAL DIRECTORS        
Dec 1959-1968 W Matthews Williams    
Dec 1968-1979 Meirion Davies      
Dec 1979-80 Marc Rochester      
Apr 1980 Marc Rochester/Roland Morris  
Dec 1980 Gwyn Williams (Guest)    
Apr 1981-1987 Elwyn Hughes      
Dec 1987 Roland Morris (Guest)    
Jul 1988 John Huw Davies (guest)    
Dec 1988-1989 Geoff Thomas      
Dec 1989-2006 Norman Rimmer      
Dec 2006 - present Graham Eccles
         
             
             
             
             
1959 Dec The Messiah Handel      
1961 Apr The Last Judgement Spohr      
    The Hymn of Praise Mendelssohn      
1961 Dec Twelfth Mass Mozart      
1962 Mar Stabat Mater Dvorak      
1962 Dec Judas Macabbeaeus Handel      
1963 Apr Requiem Brahms      
1963 Dec Carmen (concert version) Bizet      
1964 Apr Elijah Mendelssohn      
1964 Dec The Creation Haydn      
1965 Apr Third Mass (The Imperial) Haydn      
1965 Dec Samson Handel      
1966 Apr Stabat Mater Dvorak      
1966 Dec Faust (concert version) Gounod      
1967 Apr Saint Paul Mendelssohn      
1967 Dec The Messiah Handel      
1968 Apr Hymn of Praise Mendelssohn      
1968 Dec Elijah Mendelssohn      
1969 Apr Requiem Mass Mozart      
1969 J/J The Messiah Handel      
    For Investiture Celebrations        
1969 Dec Christmas Oratorio (pts 1 + 2) Bach      
    Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan Williams      
1970 Apr The Creation Haydn      
1970 Dec Requiem Faure      
    Blest Pair of Sirens Parry      
    Dona Nobis Pacem Vaughan Williams      
1971 Apr Samson Handel      
1971 Dec Judas Macabbaeus Handel      
1972 Apr Requiem Brahms      
    Te Deum Dvorak      
1972 Dec The Music Makers Elgar      
    A Child of our Time Tippet      
1973 Apr Yr Alltud Meirion Davies      
    42nd Psalm Mendelssohn      
    Dona Nobis Pacem Vaughan Williams      
1973 Dec A Christmas Cantata   Bush      
    The Messiah (part one) Handel      
    Gloria Vivaldi      
1974 Apr Nabucco (concert version) Verdi      
1974 Dec Christmas Oratorio Bach      
    Hodie Vaughan Williams      
1975 Apr Song of Destiny Brahms      
    Requiem Faure      
    Song of Miriam Schubert      
1975 Dec Elijah (two performances) Mendelssohn      
1976 Apr Ruth                          Meirion Davies      
    Stabat Mater Rossini      
1976 Dec Canterbury Pilgrims Dyson      
1977 Apr Alto Rhapsody   Brahms      
    Songs of the Sea   Stanford      
    Benedicite Vaughan Williams      
    Gloria Vivaldi      
1977 Dec Nabucco (concert version)   Verdi      
1978 Apr St John Passion               Bach      
1978 Dec A Christmas Cantata   Bush      
    A Child of Our Time            Tippet      
1979 April Carmen / concert  version Bizet         
    Faust / concert  versions  Gounod          
1979 Dec The Creation Haydn      
1980 April Hiawatha's Wedding Feast   Coleridge-Taylor      
    The Country Beyond the Stars   Daniel Jones      
    Three Songs of Courage   Dyson      
    Toward the Unknown Region   Vaughan Williams      
1980 Dec St Nicholas   Britten      
    Utrecht Te Deum   Handel      
    5th Chandos Anthem   Handel      
1981 April Stabat Mater   Dvorak      
    Solemn Vespers   Mozart      
1981 Dec The Messiah   Handel      
1982 April Petit Messe Solenelle   Rossini      
1982 Dec Magnificat in D   Bach      
    Ode to St Cecilia's Day   Purcell              
    Christmas Carols        
1983 Apr Mass in C minor Mozart      
1983 Dec Polovtsian Dances/Prince Igor Borodin      
    Choral Scenes/Boris Godounov Mussorgsky      
1984 Apr Requiem   Verdi      
1984 Dec Messa di Gloria   Puccini      
    Fantasia on Christmas Carols   Vaughan Williams      
1985 Mar Acis and Galatea   Handel      
1985 Dec Sleepers Wake   Bach      
    Requiem   Faure      
    Sinfonia Sacra   Harrison      
1986 Mar Dewi Sant   Arwel Hughes      
    Te Deum   Bruckner      
1986 Nov Elijah   Mendelssohn      
1987 Apr Sea Pictures Elgar      
    The Sea Symphony   Vaughan Williams      
1987 Dec Stabat Mater   Rossini      
    Mass in E flat   Schubert      
1988 July The Dream of Gerontius   Elgar      
1988 Dec Wachet Auf   Bach      
    Ceremony of Carols   Britten      
    The Messiah (excerpts)   Handel      
1989 Apr Maria Theresa Mass   Haydn      
    Requiem  Rutter      
1989 Dec Christmas Cantata   Bush      
    The Blessed Virgin's Purcell      
    Expostulation        
1989 Dec Carols        
1990 Apr St. Matthew Passion   Bach      
1990 Dec St. Nicholas   Britten      
1991 April Mass in C minor Mozart      
1991 Dec Te Deum for Maria Theresa Haydn      
    Missa Brevis   Kodaly      
    Hymn of Praise   Mendelssohn      
1992 Apr Requiem   Brahms      
    Three Motets for Passiontide   Bruckner      
1992 Dec Rejoice in the Lamb   Britten      
    Mass in D major   Dvorak      
    Choral Song and Fugue   Wesley      
    The Wilderness   Wesley      
1993 Apr Songs from the Bavarian Highlands Elgar      
    Petit Messe Solenelle   Rossini      
1993 Dec Christmas Oratorio   Bach      
1994 Mar St. Cecilia Mass   Gounod      
    Gloria   Poulenc      
1994 Dec Jesu Priceless Treasure   Bach      
    Ave Rex   Mathias      
    Five Negro Spirituals   Tippet      
    Christmas Carols        
1995 Apr Mass in C   Beethoven      
    Lord, How Long?   Mendlessohn      
    Toward the Unknown Region Vaughan Williams      
1995 Dec Ceremony of Carols Britten      
    Zadoc The Priest Handel      
    Hodie Vaughan Williams      
    Gloria Vivaldi      
1996 Mar Samson Handel      
1996 Dec Blessings, Glory, Wisdom +Thanks Bach      
    Cantique de Jean Racine Faure      
    Messiah Excerpts Handel      
    Insanae et Vanae Curae Haydn      
    Jesus and the Traders Kodaly      
1997 Mar Elijah Mendlessohn      
1997 Dec Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo Horowitz      
    The New Born King Jacob      
    Songs of the Fleet Stanford      
    Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan Williams      
1998 Apr Maria Theresa Mass Haydn      
    Magnificat Rutter      
1998 Dec Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Coleridge Taylor      
    Excerpts from Operas        
1999 Mar Requiem Verdi      
1999 Dec Lobet den Herrn Bach      
    A Christmas sequence Bach      
    St. Nicholas   Britten      
2000 Apr The Creation Haydn      
2000 Dec Rhapsodie sur des Noels Gigout      
    Missa Brevis   Kodaly      
    The Blessed Virgin's Purcell      
    Expostulation        
2000 Dec Benedicite Vaughan Williams      
    Ascribe unto the Lord Wesley      
2001 Apr Stabat Mater Dvorak      
    Te Deum Dvorak      
2001 Dec The Messiah Handel      
2002 Mar St Paul Mendlessohn      
2002 Dec Requiem Faure      
    Beatus Vir Monteverdi      
    The Wilderness S S Wesley      
    Carols        
2003 Apr Requiem Mozart      
    The Seasons  Spring Haydn      
    Dettingen Te Deum Handel      
2003 Dec Sleepers Awake J S Bach      
    Magnificat Pergolesi      
    Ceremony of Carols Britten      
    Carols Rutter      
2004  Apr Easter Hymn Mascagni      
    Requiem Brahms      
2004  Dec Mass in C Mozart      
    Rejoice in the Lamb   Britten      
    Messiah Part 1 Handel      
2005  Apr St. Cecilia Mass   Gounod      
    Gloria Poulenc      
 2005  Dec  Christmas Oratorio  J.S.Bach      
Magnificat Finzi
2006 Apr Elijah Mendelssohn
2006 Dec On Christmas Day Larley
Lauda per la Nativita del Signore Respighi
Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan-Williams
Messe de Minuit pour Noel Charpentier
2007 Mar Coronation Anthems Handel
Exultate Jubilate Mozart
Nelson Mass Haydn
2007 Dec Messiah Handel
2008 Mar Requiem
Chichester Psalms		 Durufle
Bernstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

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